U.S. And Russian Militaries Team Up For Terrorist-Tracking Exercise

Source: Huffington Post

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN — In a historic first for Cold War adversaries, U.S., Canadian and Russian military officers directed fighter jets and ground controllers to test how well they could track an international terrorist hijacking over the Pacific Ocean.

A chartered American jet code-named Fencing 1220 sent a mock distress signal shortly after taking off from Anchorage, Alaska, on Sunday, triggering a pursuit by at least seven fighters and a flurry of radio and telephone calls between military and civilian officials on both sides of the Pacific.

The Associated Press had exclusive access to Fencing 1220, a plush executive-style Gulfstream whose passengers included a Russian Air Force colonel and a senior commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the joint U.S.-Canadian command that patrols the skies over North America.

Their goal: To ensure that two militaries still distrustful of each other can work effectively tackling a terror threat that worries both nations.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/us-russian-militaries-team-up-air-force_n_676388.html

gets closer every day. :(

might be an improvement.

without question.

....aren't all that bad after all....some might even be decent folk....aren't you glad we didn't blow-up the earth?